Whilst ending one tax year and starting the next, it is easy to forget the important Gender Pay Gap Reporting (GPGR) deadlines and dates
This short article is a reminder that these are also upon professionals at this time of the year.
Everything revolves around the ‘snapshot date’. This is the date on which employers must gather employee, pay and bonus information and, where an employer is liable for reporting, these are:
- 31 March for most public authority employers (as listed in Schedule 2 of the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties and Public Authorities) Regulations 2017, and
- 05 April for private, voluntary and public sector employers not listed in Schedule 2
The reporting obligation is, simply, one year following the snapshot date. So, for example, private-sector employers must look at the snapshot date of 05 April and, if liable for reporting, report the information by 04 April of the following year.
2021 GPGR
This is based on the snapshot date of 31 March or 04 April 2021 which looks at the pay gap data for 2020/21.
The reporting deadlines for this are:
- 30 March 2022 (most public sector employers), and
- 04 April 2022 (private, voluntary and other public sector employers)
Of course, if employers had employees who were furloughed on this date and receiving less than full pay, they are entitled to exclude them from their calculations. This may mean that some employers are excluded from a liability to report at all. Although, they may decide to run calculations based on a scenario that which employees had not been furloughed on reduced pay.
2022 GPGR
This is based on the snapshot date of 31 March or 04 April 2022, looking at the pay gap data for 2021/22. These are the data gathering dates that are upon us now.
The reporting deadlines for this are:
- 30 March 2023 (most public sector employers), and
- 04 April 2023 (private, voluntary and other public sector employers)
Guidance
The purpose of this brief article is to alert you to the fact that these dates are with us and should not be forgotten. At the same time, however, it is also worth pointing to guidance that is available on GOV.UK:
